Evil Dead: Hail to the King
| Evil Dead: Hail to the King | |
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North American PlayStation cover art
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| Developer(s) | Heavy Iron Studios |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Composer(s) | Jack Wall |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Survival horror |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Publication | Score | ||
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N/A | |
| CGW | N/A | |
N/A |
| EGM | 4.5/10 | N/A | 4.17/10 |
| Game Informer | 4.5/10 | N/A | 4.5/10 |
| GamePro | |
N/A | |
| GameSpot | 4.5/10 | 3.4/10 | 4.2/10 |
| GameSpy | 4/10 | N/A | N/A |
| IGN | 3.6/10 | 3.8/10 | 4.5/10 |
| OPM (US) | N/A | N/A | |
| PC Gamer (US) | N/A | 61% | N/A |
| Aggregate score | |||
| Metacritic | 49/100 | 40/100 | 51/100 |
Evil Dead: Hail to the King is a survival horror video game developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ released for the PlayStation, Dreamcast and Microsoft Windows.
Evil Dead: Hail to the King functions much like a Resident Evil game, containing similar features such as pre-rendered backgrounds and semi-fixed camera angles, as well as limited ammunition and fuel for the chainsaw. The player controls the character by pushing the d-pad or analog stick left or right to rotate the character and then move the character forward or backwards by the pushing the d-pad up or down.
Enemies the player faces include the Deadites, animated skeletons, and possessed "Hellbillies" and Wolverine scouts.
The game takes place eight years after the events of Army of Darkness. After regaining his job at S-Mart and beginning a new relationship with fellow employee Jenny, Ashley "Ash" Williams begins suffering from recurring nightmares about the Necronomicon and the Deadites, which haunt him for years. Wanting to help him, Jenny decides to take Ash back to Professor Knowby's old cabin to help him face his demons.
However, shortly after arriving, Ash's possessed severed hand appears and plays Knowby's old cassette containing the Necronomicon's incantation once again. Despite Ash's attempts to stop it, the evil once again awakens in the woods, smashing through the window and kidnapping Jenny. When Ash goes to grab an axe above the mirror, his evil twin, Bad Ash exits the mirror and knocks him unconscious. After awakening, Ash quickly goes out to the workshed and reassembles his chainsaw-hand before going out to stop the Necronomicon and save Jenny.
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